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Police identify man found dead along K-10 highway

37-year-old man had been staying at Lawrence shelter

A man found dead along K-10 highway Wednesday in Douglas County has been identified as Nathan Thurman, 37.

Thurman’s body was found about 6 a.m. by emergency responders, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department. The body was discovered on the north side of the roadway, east of O’Connell Road near Venture Park.

Detectives and crime scene personnel were dispatched to the scene. The Kansas Department of Transportation closed one lane of the highway after the body was found, but it reopened about 10:45 a.m.

Thurman had been staying at the Lawrence Community Shelter, which is near where his body was found.

An autopsy was scheduled for late Wednesday.

Foul play isn’t suspected in Thurman’s death, according to Sgt. Trent McKinley.